ALEX’S ANGLE: LET’S SAY YES TO THE BHOY WHO SAID NO
THE airwaves are usually infested by a superabundance of hoo-ha, hullabaloo, duplicity and deception when…
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ALEX’S ANGLE: CELTIC FANS ‘AN IRREPLACEABLE TREASURE’
TWO blokes from farflung corners of the globe have been eulogising about Celtic over the…
ALEX’S ANGLE: WHAT NOW FOR CELTIC’S MISSING LINK?
I CONFESS I have followed James McCarthy’s career with a fair degree of diligence for…
ALEX’S ANGLE: ANGE’S LONELY WALK, BUCKET LIST AND THE LOST CHALLENGE.
A FORTNIGHT before he departed Celtic for Spurs, Ange Postecoglou walked to the centre circle…
ALEX’S ANGLE: HAVE A HART, BRENDAN
WITH a fair degree of validity, it has often been stated legendary boss Jock Stein,…
ALEX’S ANGLE: LET’S HEAR IT FOR A GOOD GUY
DURING their days as manager of Celtic, Billy McNeill, Davie Hay and Neil Lennon could…
ALEX’S ANGLE: RODGERS AND THE GREAT DIVIDE? THAT’S RICH
BRENDAN RODGERS will guide Celtic in their Champions League quest when the group stages kick…
ALEX’S ANGLE: LET’S KICK AND MAKE UP
BRENDAN RODGERS will be announced as a second time-around Celtic manager today. Unless you are…
ALEX’S ANGLE: £14million – THE PRICE OF FAILURE AT SPURS
ANGE POSTECOGLOU has won league titles in Australia, Japan and Scotland. The 57-year-old Greece-born gaffer won’t…
ALEX’S ANGLE: POSTECOGLOU AND THE UNASKED QUESTION
AMID the bombardment of so-called “informed” reports and hysterical speculation surrounding Ange Postecoglou and the…
ALEX’S ANGLE: SO MUCH FOR THE DOOMSAYERS
DARK and pitiless clouds followed Celtic throughout the miserable 2020/21 season. An anticipated adventure that…
ALEX’S ANGLE: WALK TALL, ANGE
ANGE POSTECOGLOU stood dispassionately on the touchline as he watched Celtic lose 1-0 in his first…
ALEX’S ANGLE: SO, WHO’S A LUCKY BHOY, THEN, ANGE?
MATT O’RILEY kicked off for Celtic and within six seconds Alexandro Bernabei had surrendered possession…
ALEX’S ANGLE EXTRA: CURIOUS CASE OF LITTLE BOY BLUE
TODD CANTWELL has been in Scottish football exactly 110 days. The 25-year-old midfielder left Norwich…
ALEX’S ANGLE: THE DEMISE OF CLASS AND DIGNITY
ON May 26 1967, in the midst of the gloriously joyous throng at Abbotsinch Airport,…
ALEX’S ANGLE: POSTECOGLOU, AN INSULT
ONLY three days ago, Ange Postecoglou was telling Celtic fans “we can achieve great things…
ALEX’S ANGLE: DAY HEARTS BULLY PICKED ON THE WRONG BHOY
TYNECASTLE was the setting for Jock Stein’s Celtic team to win their fifth successive title…
ALEX’S ANGLE: A FREE WORD OF ADVICE, Mr HART
I ACCEPT that I am in no position to offer advice to a goalkeeper who has…
ALEX’S ANGLE: CELTIC’S COLOSSUS – AND THE SONG OF THE TRULY DESPERATE
IT was a massive turning point in the January 2 encounter at Ibrox that will…
ALEX’S ANGLE: THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS CLASS
THERE are only two classes: first and none. An individual is afforded the freedom of…
ALEX’S ANGLE: LIVID McNEILL AND THE ‘ULTIMATE ACT OF BETRAYAL’
BILLY McNEILL was raging. The Celtic manager had just witnessed his team slump to defeat…
ALEX’S ANGLE: THE CURIOUS CASE OF TONY CASCARINO
I WAS sitting in Liam Brady’s office at Celtic Park when the telephone on his…
ALEX’S ANGLE: MEMO TO Mr MORIYASU
Dear Mr Moriyasu, Please forgive the intrusion, I realise you may be very busy at…
ALEX’S ANGLE: ‘DO I HAVE TO RESCUE YOU AND YOUR PAPER AGAIN?’ ASKED CELTIC’S LEGENDARY MANAGER
“HAVE you got anything for your back page?” asked Billy McNeill. The Celtic legend, in…
ALEX’S ANGLE: SEND IN THE CLOWNS, LUDICROUS AND LAUGHABLE
BIG Jock Stein waited at the mouth of the tunnel at the end of a…
ALEX’S ANGLE: MURDOCH MYSTERY SOLVED – AFTER HALF A CENTURY
IF you reckon today’s referees are dodgy, spare a thought for the Celtic players who…